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FFmpeg < 7.2 Out-of-bounds Read

medium Nessus Plugin ID 216260

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Synopsis

The version of FFmpeg installed on the remote host is affected by a out-of-bounds read vulnerability.

Description

The version of FFmpeg installed on the remote host is 7.1 prior to 7.2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability:

 - Unchecked Return Value, Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in FFmpeg allows Read Sensitive Constants Within an executable. (CVE-2025-0518)

Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to ffmpeg version 7.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?40ca01ee

https://ffmpeg.org/security.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 216260

File Name: ffmpeg_7_2.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/14/2025

Updated: 2/19/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0518

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 3.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg

Required KB Items: installed_sw/FFmpeg

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0518

IAVB: 2025-B-0018